I enjoy the music of most neo-swing bands (Cherry Poppin Daddies, Hipster Daddy-O & The Handgrenades, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Dem Brooklyn Bums, Royal Crown Revue, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Catch-It Kebabs, The Klopeks, The Fat Cats), a bit of dirty punk'n'roll (RFTC, Buzzkill, Kings of Nuthin', New Bomb Turks, Goldblade), the odd folk-punk band (Flogging Molly, Gogol Bordello, Dropkick Murphys) ; American college & 'cheese' rock (Goo Goo Dolls, Coheed & Cambria, Everclear, Cheap Trick, Motion City Soundtrack), a healthy dose of psycho/rockabilly (Stray Cats, Hyperjax, Blue Demon, Mad Sin, Tiger Army, The Peacocks), & an eclectic mix of UK ska-punk-rock'n'roll bands (Adequate Seven, Captain Everything, The Ruined, Sonic Boom Six, The Dead Pets, Zombina & The Skeletones, The Down & Outs, Great St Louis, The Shadowcops, Revenge of the Psychotronic Man)
Movies
Shaun Of The Dead, Swingers, Seven, Shawshank Redemption, Made, Very Bad Things, Labyrinth, Bugsy Malone, Time Bandits, Napoleon Dynamite, Sprited Away, Willow, Cube, Saw, Clerks, Borat, Rocky Horror, Animal House, Weird Science, Team America, Jackass, Mallrats.
Television
Quantum Leap, Red Dwarf, Game On, Alan Partridge, Spaced, Married With Children, Mighty Boosh, Peep Show, Lost, Vic & Bob, Fist Of Fun, Deal or No Deal, Room 101, Ideal, Time Trumpet, Big Train, Monkey Dust, Bottom.
Books
Are You Dave Gorman?, The Timewaster Letters, Wrestlecrap, Round Ireland With A Fridge, Catch 22, Redwall.
Heroes
Eddie Izzard, Dylan Moran, Chris Morris, Bill Bailey, Armando Ianucci, Simon Pegg, Steve Coogan, Speedo from RFTC.
Liverpool Community College
Liverpool, NW
Graduated: N/A
Degree: Other
Major: City & Guilds Advanced Diploma in Computing
Minor: European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
2002 to 2004
The University of Liverpool
Liverpool, NW
Graduated: 2002
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Economic & Social History
Minor: English Literature
About me: 29 year-old swing/ska/punk/psychobilly fan, relocated to Manchester from Merseyside at the start of October 2005, now gigging & ligging it all over t'North West. I can be found most weeks at Retro Bar or Satan's Hollow. I'm the short-arse Scouser with the dodgy quiff. In the last year or so I've been roped into DJing at some local clubnights & gigs, such as : Angel Cake Burlesque (RIP) @ Tiger Lounge, Dixie's Dollhouse (RIP) @ Alexander's in Chester, Rock'n'Roll Hellkat psychobilly clubnight @ Retro Bar, That's Not Skanking ska / punk gigs @ Retro Bar, Slit Promotions @ Jackson's Pit in Oldham, Bittersuite in Preston, Middle Finger Response @ Satan's Hollow, and West Coast Rock Cafe in Blackpool!
Gigs I'm currently involved with / endorsing include:
In the last few years I've put on several gigs, the majority of which as fundraisers for Cancer charities, featuring the likes of THE ZATOPEKS, BUZZKILL, BLUE DEMON, THE HYPERJAX, THE FAT CATS (RIP?), THE KLOPEKS (RIP), CATCH-IT KEBABS, GREAT ST LOUIS, HARIJAN, THE SHADOWCOPS, REVENGE OF THE PSYCHOTRONIC MAN, JUST PANIC, JOHN PLAYER SPECIALS, SOUNDS OF SWAMI, THE MEDICINE BOW...
I basically rock. Hard. A bit.
Who I'd like to meet: Steve Coogan, Bill Bailey, Simon Pegg, Dylan Moran, Chris Morris.
please download the first compilation we've put out under the 'No More Apathy' series. Volume One is a 25 track, 77 minute free download available here:-
it features:- more than a joke, the afternoon gentlemen, chickenhawk, machiavellian, the ergon carousel, joe pesci, incandescence, baalberith, goldtooth joe, iron void, solitary mass, nil carborundum, arendia, living with disfigurement, cerebral constriction, quenched from the vile, mechagodzilla, the gold coast, force fed the sick, morkret, sermon of hypocrisy, reth, matt bentley and the child molesting fag group!
Please check new acoustic tracks on Metonia myspace... 3 gig favourites and a brand new track "It finds all". Please check em out and let us know what you think. All comments appreciated... Many thanks
THE DISTRAKTED are LIVE in LIVERPOOL at the KRAZYHOUSE Tonight with XCELERATOR + BLAST TYRANT for £1, doors at around 8pm, so come on down for some Hardcore Punk and Metal Mayhem!!!
To celebrate the arrival of Producer Russ to the Fallen team, we're offering a massive 35% discount off all weekday recordings between 10am till 6pm until the end of December !!
Thanks for the add Mikey. Metonia wish you well and hope all your ventures and adventures are good ones. Please feel free to come back to our space anytime and check out our tunes/vids, please leave comments good or bad!... Might even see you at Retro on 13th Nov... who knows! cheers.
you're a lovely chap my dear....bit awkward for me and my ex as we are raw still....my mates picked me up and just before i left he went in for the kill* Dylan* ouch
Ye can now get your hands opn our new 'THIS IS YOUR FUTURE' EP in both
physical and digital download formats. Please check out our blog for
full details or visit www.joey-terrifying.co.uk
Hey Mikey, it's not looking good for this tuesday, sorry about that, our bassist has just got back into the country after 2 months away but he won't be back with us til next weekend and we can't get lifts down, but we'd love to do a gig for you some other time.
In the last few years I've put on several gigs, the majority of which as fundraisers for Cancer charities, featuring the likes of THE ZATOPEKS, BUZZKILL, BLUE DEMON, THE HYPERJAX, THE FAT CATS (RIP?), THE KLOPEKS (RIP), CATCH-IT KEBABS, GREAT ST LOUIS, HARIJAN, THE SHADOWCOPS, REVENGE OF THE PSYCHOTRONIC MAN, JUST PANIC, JOHN PLAYER SPECIALS, SOUNDS OF SWAMI, THE MEDICINE BOW...
I basically rock. Hard. A bit.
